Climate averages 1991–2020
Saqqez weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Saqqez: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Būkān (31 km away). In March its highs average 12.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Saqqez, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Saqqez ranks joint 112th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 91st of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Saqqez is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Saqqez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 59 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.6°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 66 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 10.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 71 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 62 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 34.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 7.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 51 | 8.2 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Būkān in MarchIran · 31 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Bāneh in MarchIran · 45 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Mahābād in MarchIran · 75 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MarchIran · 81 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Marīvān in MarchIran · 82 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MarchIraq · 103 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MarchIraq · 107 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Naqadeh in MarchIran · 111 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saqqez) is explained once on the Saqqez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.